Title: Italian bread salad
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      Yield: 4 Servings
 
     10    Slices, 1-inch thick Italian
           Style bread, crust removed
           (2 days old-
           Stale)
      4 c  Ice water
      5    Ripe plum tomatoes, peeled
           And cut into large pieces
      1 sm Red onion, small dice
     15    Basil leaves, ripped
     12    Pitted black olives, oil
           Cured
      3 tb Red wine vinegar
      2    Cloves garlic, minced
    1/3 c  Olive oil
           Salt and fresh ground
           Pepper
 
  Break bread into large pieces and soak in 4 cups ice water, about 6
  to 8 minutes, gently turning over twice. Squeeze bread to remove
  water and break into 1-inch pieces and place in a clean bowl. To this
  add tomatoes, onion, basil and olives. In a small bowl combine
  vinegar, garlic and oil (mix well). Pour over bread mixture. Stir
  together all ingredients and season with salt and several grinds of
  black pepper. Mix well and serve. Garnish with fresh basil leaves.